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What ancient alphabet is closest to ours Greek Roman or Phoenician?
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Who came up with greek alphabet?
The Ancient Greeks adapted it from the Phoenician alphabet
What alphabet was Greek alphabet based on?
The Greek alphabet was based on the Phoenician alphabet.
What alphabet was the basis of the greek alphabet?
The Phoenician alphabet was the inspiration for the Greek alphabet.
What alphabet did the greek alphabet come from?
The Phoenician Alphabet
What did the Greek alphabet have that the Phoenician alphabet did not?
Vowels.
Why does the greek alphabet begin with a?
Because the Greek alphabet was adapted from Phoenician, which began with Alef. (Nobody knows why the Phoenician alphabet begins with that letter).
What was the Greeks alphabet based on?
The Greek alphabet was based on the Phoenician alphabet.
How does the Phoenician alphabet compare to the greek alphabet?
Phoenician - 22 letters, no vowels; Greek 16 letters including vowels.
What kind of alphabet do Greeks use?
The Greek alphabet, an evolution of the Phoenician. An evolution of the Greek alphabet was the Latin.
What was the writing system used in ancient Greece?
The Greek alphabet which was derived from the Phoenician one.
When did the ancient Greek alphabet develop?
During the late 8th Century BCE - they copied it, with some modification, from the Phoenician alphabet which was developed in the previous century.
How many letters were there in the Phoenician alphabet?
The Phoenician alphabet is the oldest verified consonantal alphabet, dating to approximately 1200 BCE. The alphabet was used by the ancient civilization of Phoenicia and through their traveling and colonization came to widespread use. The Phoenician alphabet consisted of 22 letters, many of which form the basis of the greek alphabet and therefore the Latin and English alphabets currently in use.
